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Nuclear Kidney Scan With A Medicine Given During It

Texas rates for HCPCS 78708

A small amount of radioactive tracer is injected and a camera follows it through the kidneys to show their shape, their blood flow, and how well they clear fluid. In this version a medicine is also given during the study, either a water tablet or a blood-pressure drug, and the images before and after are compared to see how the kidneys respond. That response helps tell a true blockage from a roomy but unobstructed drainage system, or reveal a narrowed artery feeding a kidney.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Nuclear Kidney Scan With A Medicine Given During It cost?

$155

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $155 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $117 from a physician practice, and about $457 from a hospital or other facility.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 12 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$117$44.67 to $174
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$457$316 to $589

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $457 · 10th to 90th $170 to $1,445Professionalmedian $117 · 10th to 90th $19 to $229
$10$50$200$1Kfacility $457professional $117

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$977.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$208.93
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
BCBS Texas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,096.48
BCBS Texas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$218.78
Baylor Scott & White
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,023.29
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Christus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$51.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$102.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$218.78
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,819.70
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,548.82
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$562.34
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$346.74
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$97.72
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$223.87
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$165.96
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$2,344.23
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$316.23
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$100.00
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$213.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$275.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$91.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$194.98
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
11 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$169.82
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$239.88
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$95.50
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$478.63
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$83.18
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$33.11

Where Texas sits

The same service costs 4.4 times more in Alaska than in Florida. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Texas· 50th of 51

$155

AK $631FL $145

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.